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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor on a Quran, a first in New York City history (apnews.com)
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Incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will make history as the city's first mayor to take the oath of office on a Quran.

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[–] 30 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

I'm okay with this being the last time we ever continue this practice. One more time for the symbolism yada yada, but we really we stop using religious texts and recognize that they are not anything other than instruction manuals for self-flagellation in servitude to capital and they don't belong in government for that exact reason

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  • [–] 7 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Technically people can swear on whatever they want to. They dont have to swear on a religious text. They could swear on the constitution or whatever. Its just general practice and up to the preference of the individual being sworn in

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    • [–] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 child)

    But whatever you do, don’t bring a raspberry pi

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    • [–] 2 points 10 months ago

    I'm not a fan of qurans, bibles or whatever. But the thought of right wingers getting heart palpitations at the sight of Mamdani swearing on the quran makes me chuckle.

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    [+] 3 points 10 months ago* (3 children)
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  • [–] [S] 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Why would npr say that?

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  • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, npr, bbc, and msnbc are very odd entries in that list. I think homie might be painting msm with a slightly too broad brush lol. They have their issues, but I've never heard xenophobia out of npr.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    NPR as an entity is really good about reporting on Islamophobia compared to like...ALL of US MSM. Some NPR hosts however still fall into the biases of post-9/11 xenophobic rhetoric, especially when it comes to brown people who support Gaza.

    I still wouldn't put them on the same level as BBC and MSNBC, and DEFINITELY not Fox and CNN.

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